Saint Paul Airlines Postal Flights are
challenging VFR flights using small single or twin props aircrafts and
organized from a regional middle size central airport (the base) to
deliver mail and small parcels to remote very small airfields.
From the central airport the typical flight plan
will be composed of a range of small hops (usually around 30 minutes flight-time or less),
so as to set up a round trip which could be
accomplished in a single day.
From the same base different delivery round
trips are available allowing a full discovery of a whole region.
When selecting the right aircraft for one of
these Postal delivery missions, one must be aware that some of the
destinations have very small airfields with really short runways.
Therefore, it is a must to carefully study each and every airfield so
as to select a suitable airplane, especially checking its landing and
takeoff performance according to the runway length. Remember also that
with small props aircrafts the local altitude and temperature strongly
alters the take-off performance.
Also remember that in the extreme North, Alaska,
Canada or Scandinavia, in winter the daylight last only a very short
time, and landing by night on an unlighted grass or dirt airfield is
simply a suicide! But normally most SPA pilots are used to these
typical VFR conditions and are well aware of their own limits.
By the way, just for the fun, I suggest that you
use real weather for your Postal flights and in the simulation program
one should set the realism of the aircraft to “realistic” (all controls
to the right). Furthermore, the “crash and damage” selector should be
set to “detect crash and damages” and “aircraft craft stress causes
damage”. This way it’s more exciting and you will improve your
virtuosity as a real professional bush and VFR pilot! Great fun…
Of course in this program, and even if it is
possible, you don’t have to finish the full round trip the same day. We
all have a real life with some obligations and, of course, you can fly
each hop whenever you wish.
Finally, in the past years I noticed that our
already existing postal flights are very popular among SPA pilots.
Short hops quickly flown, discovery of new regions, a good
justification for exploring small and remote airfields or reviving the
atmosphere in which used to live all these pioneers who invented bush
flying: there are plenty of excellent reasons to appreciate our postal
flights.
From now on this POSTAL FLIGHTS department will
be greatly developed. I intend to add new regions, all over the World,
every 6 weeks or so. That should create a new great environment for our
VFR flights. Available:
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POSTAL FLIGHTS FROM SPOKANE
(WASHINGTON)
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POSTAL FLIGHTS FROM
MINNEAPOLIS/SAINT PAUL, seat of SPA
Warning: in the
Minneapolis-St Paul Postal
flights Flight Plans (below) some destinations have very short runways!
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FLAGSTAFF ARIZONA POSTAL FLIGHTS
Warning: in the
Flagstaff
Postal
flights some destinations have very short runways!
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BURLINGTON (VERMONT) POSTAL FLIGHTS
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ASPEN COLORADO POSTAL FLIGHTS
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WHIDBEY ISLAND (WASHINGTON-USA)
Postal Flights
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SPA COLORADO POSTAL FLIGHTS FROM
TELLURIDE
Best scenery available with
ORBX Telluride
add-on, but works without.
Warning, high altitude airfield and some very short grass strips
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SPA Postal flights from Dubrovnik airport in
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This new range of postal delivery flights takes
full advantage of the new ORBX scenery add-on, LDDU
Dubrovnik airport. This enhancement of the basic FSX
or P3d programs (which require the prior installation
of the ORBX FTX GLOBAL add-on) brings the
landscape to a new level, displaying greatly improved landscapes
( LINK https://www.fullterrain.com/product/lddu).
Nevertheless, the use of this add-on is fully
“cosmetic” and optional. Accordingly, your basic simulator comprises
all the
airports needed to complete these postal flights and you do not have to
buy any
further equipment.
Now, fasten your seatbelt and discover the
beauty of these region of ex-Yugoslavia along the beautifully Adriatic
coast
and up to the Balkan alps.
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HANCOCK-BAR HARBOR POSTAL FLIGHTS
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SPA
Postal Flights from Block Island (Rhode Island)
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ORBX
just released a new Block Island scenery.
This new POSTAL FLIGHTS program will take
advantage of the related ORBX sceneries such as Global base, Global
vector, Global open LC North America, etc.
Nevertheless, it uses exclusively airfields also
included in the basic flight simulation programs, i.e.: FS2004, FSX,
P3D and
even X-plane 9/10/11. Thus, everybody can join the fun without the need
to buy
any ORBX scenery.
NOTAM: most runways included in this tour are
very short. Therefore, it is recommended to use an aircraft with very
good STOL
capacity.
These postal flights will give you the
opportunity to fly low and slow over regions that we do not visit so
frequently
with GA aircrafts. From Block Island, it will take you over Maine, New
Hampshire,
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut and New-York states.
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NEW ZEALAND POSTAL
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Discover
North and South New Zealand, bringing air mail to the most remote
places and performing short flights (around half an hour or less).
Especially
with the ORBX sceneries, the landscape is really great. But all the
legs can be flown with the basic FSX/FSX-SE/P3D sceneries.
Some grass airstrips are very
difficult to distinguish from the sky. Fly really low and slow and use GPS to
find their location. Good luck!
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